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INTRODUCTION. X11J
Five Nikfiyas, the Dlgha, Majjliima, Sanyutta, Anguttara.
and Khuddhaka, it belongs to the Khuddaka Nikaya.
Of the nine divisions of the Scriptures, the Sutta, Geyya,
Veyyfikarana, Gfithfi, Udana, Itivuttaka, Jutaka, Abbhutadhamraa,
Vedalla it belongs to the Gathfi.
Of the eighty-four thousand sections of the Scriptures*
which remain, eighty-two thousand were delivered by
Buddha, and two thousand by the priesthood. This work
is included in several of the eighty-four thousand sections-
of the Scriptures, as is stated by the treasurer of the
Dhamma (Ananda).
It has seven vaggas or chapters.
Pltha vagga, Cittalata vagga, Pfiricchattaka vagga,
Manjitthaka vagga, Mahfvratha vagga, Puyiisi vagga,
Sunikkhitta vagga.
In the
1st chapter there are 17 stories.
2nd 11
3rd 10
4th 12
5th 14
6th 10
7th 11
When the other stories are taken into account there will
be 123 stories. Of the chapters Pittha vagga is the first,
and of the stories Sovannaplthavatthu, of which the versa
Pithan te sovannatnayan is the first.
This Commentary is called the
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"
Paramattha Dlpani."
It is a lucid exposition of the text, and explains at length
some of its terms. It was composed by a Thera named
Dhammapala, evidently a member of the Mahfi Wihfira sect,
as he states in the Introduction that he composed it
"
agreeably to their views." Though the date is not given,
I think we may fairly infer from the style of the work that